Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message

On a fall day, LeVar stops to express appreciation for the gifts of the earth. This show connects to the earth with a visit to a family who grows and harvests cranberries, then on to a pueblo where native artists use clay from the earth to make pottery, and finally to a group of children who are planting trees in their neighborhood. Children sing "Come You Dreamers," a song about taking care of the earth.

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Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message

This prayer of the Iroquois Indians celebrates the precious and rare gift of the natural world- and the resources of the Earth.

Author: Chief Jake Swamp
Illustrator: Erwin Printup, Jr.
Publisher: Lee & Low Books

My First Green Book: A Life Size-Guide to Caring for our Environment

Learn about environmental issues through activities and projects that help explain why protecting the planet and environment is important. Step-by-step directions and life-size photographs show how to create wildlife gardens, make simple tests to measure air pollution and acid rain, and construct a sample water purifier.

Author: Angela K. Wilkes
Illustrator: Angela K. Wilkes
Publisher: Random House

A River Ran Wild

Follow the environmental history of the Nashua River, from its discovery by Indians, through the polluting years of the Industrial Revolution, to the ambitious cleanup that revitalized it.

Author: Lynne Cherry
Illustrator: Lynne Cherry
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich

The Tremendous Tree Book

Cut-paper illustrations and simple rhyme celebrate the marvels of trees. Basic facts about what trees are, how they grow, and how they benefit humans and animals are shared.

Author: Barbara Brenner and May Garelick
Illustrator: Fred Brenner
Publisher: Boyds Mills Press